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When the Cotton Club closed in 1940, Calloway and his band went on a tour of the United States. [2] In 1941 Calloway fired Dizzy Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas. Calloway wrongly accused Gillespie of throwing a spitball; in the ensuing altercation Gillespie stabbed Calloway in the leg with a small knife. [3]
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
Members of the American big band the Cab Calloway Orchestra, originally known as the Missourians. Pages in category "The Cab Calloway Orchestra members" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Cab Calloway's orchestra brought its "Brown Sugar" revue to the club on September 28, 1930, replacing Ellington's orchestra after its departure on February 4, 1931. Jimmie Lunceford's band replaced Calloway's in 1934. Ellington, Calloway, and Louis Armstrong returned to perform at the club in later years.
Cab Calloway (1907–1994) (Cab Calloway Orchestra) Frankie Carle (1903-2001) Benny Carter ... (Slide Hampton Ultra Big Band) Erskine Hawkins (1914–1993) Horace ...
He was a member of the house band at Harlem's Cotton Club starting in 1925. This group eventually came to be known as the Missourians under bandleader Andrew Preer; by the end of the 1920s, Cab Calloway had taken leadership of it. [1] Brown played in Calloway's band until 1945, including on many recording sessions and a tour of Europe in 1934. [2]
Heard performed as a featured member of Cab Calloway's band from 1942-1945. [1] As a member of the Calloway band, he appeared in several Hollywood films, including Stormy Weather (1943). [2] Heard toured with Norman Granz's Jazz at the Philharmonic in the 1950s. [3]
Leon Brown "Chu" Berry (September 13, 1908 – October 30, 1941) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist during the 1930s. He is perhaps best known for his time as a member of singer Cab Calloway's big band.